From many articles, adding a trust seal can increase… well, trust, during checkout. But how do you add one during the Easy Digital Downloads checkout?
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Submitting, maintaining and growing a plugin on wp.org
You have a plugin and want more people to check it out, and submit it to the official WordPress plugin directory. But how do you get it ready and submit it, easily keep it up-to-date, avoid common conflicts with other plugins, and get more people finding out about it? In this talk I’ll go through… Read more »
How to remove the Easy Digital Downloads renewal discount without affecting existing customers
I previously wrote about how to alter the Easy Digital Downloads renewal discount if the license is expired, ie. giving 30% if they renew on time and 20% after that. But what if you now want to remove the renewal discount entirely for new customers? Most WordPress plugin companies are going in that direction since… Read more »
Highlights from the LoopConf 2018 Conference
A couple weeks ago I attended LoopConf 2018, a conference specifically for WordPress developers. Funnily enough, a lot of the talks weren’t just for WordPress developers but for web developers in general.
How do you price a plugin?
So you’re thinking of selling a plugin, or you have one already out there, but you’re not sure what you should sell it for. Answer: it depends.
Why Gutenberg Should Remain a Plugin
I’m still pretty set on not having it be included in core with the next release and to keep it as a plugin. It’s far from ready, and the current plan is to push it out by April of 2018.
How to get all custom fields from Advanced Custom Fields
Want to get a listing of all the fields saved in Advanced Custom Fields? Here’s how, and it’s an interesting way of fetching data from another WordPress plugin.
How to hide and disable the lightbulb in PHPStorm
After a lot of google-fu I managed to find the solution hidden deep within a comment thread on a PHPStorm feature suggestion
How to sell a plugin with a quick checkout service and Easy Digital Downloads
By default you can set up Stripe, PayPal and other payment gateways to complete a sale using Easy Digital Downloads. But all of them happen on a separate checkout page. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use something like Paddle or SendOwl to collect payment in a simple popup modal, and have Easy Digital Downloads handle the software licensing?
How to Integrate Easy Digital Downloads and HelpScout
Easily see the sales data when you get a new message or support request, with links to quickly jump to that sale or license key in Easy Digital Downloads. Huge time saver!